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O MASTER, LET ME WALK WITH THEE
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O Master, let me walk with Thee
In lowly paths of service free;
Tell me Thy secret, help me bear
The strain of toil, the fret of care.
II.
Help me the slow of heart to move
By some clear winning word of love;
Teach me the wayward feet to stay,
And guide them in the homeward way.
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Teach me Thy patience, still with Thee
In closer dearer company,
In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,
In trust that triumphs over wrong.
IV.
In hope that sends a shining ray
Far down the future's broadening way,
In peace that only Thou canst give,
With Thee, O Master, let me live.
Amen.
SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN
Let us give thanks and praise to Thee,
To our Alma Mater, S. S. C.
Thine honor, pride, and eminence,
We raise in prayerful reverence.
Guide us still from day to day,
Be Thou mindful lest we lose our way;
Help us know that life, short or long,
Means unceasing work for weak and strong.
REFRAIN
Where Savannah meets the sea,
Where grassy plains and palms abound,
Where the flow'rs are gems of loveliness,
There S. S. C. is found,
We adore each beauteous scene and hall,
Our all we pledge to Thee!
In our hearts we'll build a shrine for Thee,
We hail Thee, S. S. C.
. Randolph Fisher
Hillary Hatchett
THE ORDER OF EXERCISES
ACADEMIC PROCESSION: "War March of the Priests" Felix Mendelssohn
(from "Athalia")
Coleridge A. Braithwaite, Organist
HYMN: "O Master, Let Me Walk With Thee" — - - Henry P. Smith
INVOCATION: The Reverend Samuel Williams
College Minister
RESPONSE: "Hear Our Prayer, O Lord" George Whelpton
MUSIC: "O Rest in the Lord" (from "Elijah") Felix Mendelssohn
Richard Moses, '69, Tenor
INTRODUCTION OF THE SPEAKER Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr.
President of the College
COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Dr. Vivian Henderson
President, Clark College, Atlanta, Georgia
MUSIC: "La donna e mobile" (from "Rigoletto") - Giuseppi Verdi
Mr. Moses
CONFERRING OF DEGREES Dr. Howard Jordan, Jr.
ALUMNI INDUCTION - -- — - Mr. Daniel Washington
President, Savannah State College National Alumni
Association, Savannah, Georgia
PRESENTATION BY ~ Mrs. Edna Jackson, '68
Class President
SAVANNAH STATE COLLEGE HYMN
BENEDICTION The Rev. Samuel Williams
THREE-FOLD AMEN
RECESSIONAL: "Trumphal March" (from "Aida") - Giuseppi Verdi
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DIVISION OF BUSINESS EDUCATION
Accounting
Mary L. Beal Cordele
Skelton Key, Jr. Milledgeville
General Business Administration
Jeanette L. Frazier Savannah
Ann R. Habersham Macon
Irene Knight Dublin
Ruth J. White Savannah
DIVISION OF EDUCATION
Elementary Education
William A. Green Savannah
Daphne Louise Jackson Savannah
Bettye Jo Small Darien
t*Doretha Buckley Thorpe Brunswick
fMarizetta Lindsay Williams . Savannah
Secondary Education
Alma Louis Baker Milledgeville
ENGLISH
Halloray Benjamin Savannah
General Science
Joseph Greene Savannah
Health, Physical Education & Recreation
Carol J. Brannan Savannah
FRENCH
fCharles I. Holmes Savannah
MATHEMATICS
Laura D. Corbett Mungin Valdosta
General Science
Sadie Jean Nix Rutledge Columbus
Social Science
Margaret L. Thomas LaGrange
Social science
Georgia Mae Turner Greensboro
Social Science
Essie M. Williams Savannah
MATHEMATICS
*In Absentia
fCum Laude
DIVISION OF HUMANITIES
English
Robert L. Joiner, II Covington
DIVISION OF NATURAL SCIENCES
Biology
Prince Johnson, Jr. Savannah
Sandra Y. Snell McRae
DIVISION OF SOCIAL SCIENCES
Sociology
Sara Patricia Bass Savannah
Patricia A. Belcher Columbus
Charles Edward Boney Fitzgerald
Murkel Bruce Coppins Columbus
Edna Branch Jackson Savannah
Marcia L. O'Brien Savannah
Waltina K. Reddick Savannah
*Jimmy Warren Sparta
*In Absentia
DIVISION OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES
Dietetics & Institution Management
Loretta Meredith Stephens Keysville
Electronics Technology
Clifford Johnson, III West Point
Billy Simmons Savannah
Phil West Tifton
ACADEMIC COSTUMES
Modern academic dress has evolved from a type of apparel prescribed
by English Medieval Universities to distinguish their schools from the lay
person in dress at a time when everybody wore robes or gowns. When Ameri-
can colleges and univisities desired to adopt some suitable system of
academic apparel a half century ago it seemed best to agree on some definite
system which all might follow. Accordingly, this attire has consisted of the
cap, the gown, and the hood, the latter two now differing according to the
degree the wearer has received.
The modern cap, in academic dress has the same design for all degrees;
black and square-shaped with a tassel hanging from the center. However,
the color of the tassel usually differentiates the field of study for which
the degree was granted, the gold tassel being worn by doctors or by presi-
dents of colleges and universities; but it may be added that the black
tassel is correct for all degrees.
The gown, unlike the cap, differs appreciably in design according to
the degree conferred on the wearer. The gown for the bachelor's degree
has pointed sleeves. It is designed to be worn closed. The gown for the
master's degree, worn open or closed, has an oblong sleeve, open at the wrist,
like the others. The sleeve base hangs down in the traditional manner. The
rear part of its oblong shape is square cut and the front part has an arc
cut away. The doctor's gown, worn open or closed, has long sleeves faced
with velvet; three bars of velvet are midway the sleeves. The trimmings of
the doctor's gown may be black or the color associated with the field of
study.
The hood, while not an article of dress, is however, the most distinctive
feature of the academic attire. It is black, crow-shaped badge or adornment
with an oval opening and worn down the back. It enables one to quickly de-
termine not only the degree held by the wearer but also the college or uni-
versity from which he graduated. The colors lining the hood and the size and
shape of the hood make this distinction. The bachelor's and master's
hoods are three feet and three and a half feet in length, respectvely; the
doctor's hood is four feet in length and is made with a wide panel. Hoods
may be worn for only those degrees actually held by the wearers.
Members of the governing body of a college or university, and they
only, whatever their degrees may be, are entitled to wear doctor's gowns
(with black velvet), but their hoods may be only those of degrees actually
held by the wearers or those especially prescribed for them by the institution.
In some colleges and universities, it is customary for the president,
chancellor, or chief officer to wear a costume similar to that worn by the
head of a foreign university.
The chief marshal may wear a specially designed costume approved by
the institution.
For all academic purposes, including trimmings of doctor's gowns,
edging of hoods, and tassels of caps, the color associated with different sub-
jects as prescribed by the revised American Intercollegiate Code is as follows:
Agriculture Maise
Arts, Letters, Humanities White
Business Drab
Economics Copper
Education Light Blue
Law Purple
Library Science Lemon
Music Pink
Oratory — (Speech Silver Gray
Philosophy __ Dark Blue
Physical Education Sage Green
Science Golden Yellow
Theology Scarlet
At Savannah State College, the lining of the hood has an orange
chevron on a blue background to represent school colors. A faculty member
wears the color of his alma mater.
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